AP PhotoHiring Michael Curry would be a huge gamble by the Pistons, according to beat writer A. Sherrod Blakely.

Pistons beat writer A. Sherrod Blakely joined Bill Simonson on "The Huge Show" to talk about the firing of Detroit coach Flip Saunders and where Joe Dumars and the Pistons will go next.

"Knowing the guys that Joe is going to talk to (Pistons assistants Michael Curry and Terry Porter, and possibly former Mavericks coach Avery Johnson) about this job, toughness is the one common thread that binds all of them," Blakely said.

Blakely believes Curry or Porter will be named the Pistons' coach by the end of the week.

"I think they're taking a enormous gamble (if they go) with Curry," Blakely said. "He'd be under the same pressure as Flip. Whatever you do in the regular season is going to be irrelevant."